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Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 29., The history of the Royall house and its occupants. (search)
hat time being used as headquarters at the request of George Washington. Slave quarters. The Slave Quarters, which housed Isaac Royall's retinue of servants, twenty-seven in number, may still be seen in the yard and in a good state of preservation. The out-kitchen of brick with its latch-string always out, still shows the massive fireplace, ten feet across its beam, and brick oven where the food was cooked and carried to the home dining room to be served. Isaac Royall, Sr., died in 1739. The title then passed to Isaac Royall, Jr. When the estate was appraised in 1740, it was valued: House at 50,000 pounds and land at 37,000 pounds, making a total of 87,000 pounds, and well may it be said that the owner was one of the richest men, if not the richest man, in the Colonies. Such was the home of Col. Isaac Royall, a man more sinned against than sinning, in the opinion of many writers. Royall family. Isaac Royall's ancestors were genuine Colonists and shared the trial